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what's happened is that the american environment, business environment, has eroded to the point where i think we are losing some of that competitiveness. that has led to the consequences we talked about earlier. >> rose: so you've got an eight-point plan here to restore american competitiveness. item one: ease is immigration of highly skilled individuals starting with international graduates of american universities. you're not the first person to talk about this. >> this is -- again, every one of these eight points, charlie, are pretty much agreed to by almost everybody. >> rose: in fact, you said an interesting thing. some people look at this and say "we've heard that before" you say that's a compliment. >> that's a compliment. absolutely. that means that we have wide agreement among lots of different people on the left and on the right and in the academic community about doing these things. and our point is, okay, we've got to do them! >> rose: right. >> because if we don't do them -- the reason we picked these eight points-- and that being one-- is that each of them addresses cent
what's happened is that the american environment, business environment, has eroded to the point where i think we are losing some of that competitiveness. that has led to the consequences we talked about earlier. >> rose: so you've got an eight-point plan here to restore american competitiveness. item one: ease is immigration of highly skilled individuals starting with international graduates of american universities. you're not the first person to talk about this. >> this is --...
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a good environment the harder it is to get them back on even keel. here's one dramatic example. we started to look when our children were 12 at a very serious form of mental health issue which is referred to sometimes as callus and emotional traits, children who are heartless, can torture animals. many people think it has roots in altered attachment relationships earlier in life, but more importantly children high in these emotional traits when little are more inclined to psychopathology. like being a psychopath when they're older. what we see in red is how high the rate of callus and emotional traits are in both boys and girls and kids in the institution, it plum et cetera when you put the kids into a good family. this is an example of reversibility. if you leave them in the profoundly deprived environments, there is a very high rate of kids exhibiting callous and emotional traits. you put them into good families, you almost get rid of them completely. >> rose: is there an age at which the window is closed that's too late? >> we're not sewer what th
a good environment the harder it is to get them back on even keel. here's one dramatic example. we started to look when our children were 12 at a very serious form of mental health issue which is referred to sometimes as callus and emotional traits, children who are heartless, can torture animals. many people think it has roots in altered attachment relationships earlier in life, but more importantly children high in these emotional traits when little are more inclined to psychopathology. like...
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so we've adapted now to this lower growth environment. and i just wonder if as we go forward from here, maybe some more savings in anticipation of slow growth. ironically fuels more investment. and the possibility that maybe growth might surprise to the upside over the long term. >> if indeed the case that we just set out continues, steady as she goes and low growth environment, what kind of stocks or groups of stocks do you want in your portfolio, if you're a longer term investors? >> it's slow and steady, it's a very desirable characteristic. particularly if you have low interest rates. i think consumer is a very important theme. i think the consumption patterns have been very stable. expect them to stay that way, particularly with what we're seeing in the data. consumer discretionary makes sense. i would throw into thats utilities. and i think health care plays a very good role in providing companies with very good balance sheets for the long term. that would be a nice pairing of three sectors that i think play well off this slow and s
so we've adapted now to this lower growth environment. and i just wonder if as we go forward from here, maybe some more savings in anticipation of slow growth. ironically fuels more investment. and the possibility that maybe growth might surprise to the upside over the long term. >> if indeed the case that we just set out continues, steady as she goes and low growth environment, what kind of stocks or groups of stocks do you want in your portfolio, if you're a longer term investors?...
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but i think it's taking place in a changing environment and in an environment that's increasingly global, in an environment in which technology is changing and science is changing in a way that is perhaps unsurpassed since the scientific revolution. if we think about the discoveries related to the human genome, if we think about computational capacity we can make advances more quickly and more dramatically than has been possible in the generations that have preceded us. and so how do we unleash that research capacity? how do we attract the talent that can best take advantage of it and move it forward? and also how do we do that in a world in which challenges to values that are at the same time a part of all of this change? and so how do we ask the big questions that go along with these kinds of discoveries. so i think those are the issues that we face. and they are opportunities. but they are also ways in which we find ourselves having to ask how we structure what we do. >> let me just add, what is implicit in what drew has said is one of the fascinating and exciting challenges of the mo
but i think it's taking place in a changing environment and in an environment that's increasingly global, in an environment in which technology is changing and science is changing in a way that is perhaps unsurpassed since the scientific revolution. if we think about the discoveries related to the human genome, if we think about computational capacity we can make advances more quickly and more dramatically than has been possible in the generations that have preceded us. and so how do we unleash...
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tavis: how did you come to be so passionate about the environment specifically? >> because i have children, because the knowledge that we are devastating our national resources and that we continue to be addicted to the very thing that is killing us, fossil fuel, chemicals, power plants that are spewing fossil fuel, that we are addicted to them. they're killing us and we are not involved enough and there's not enough money behind alternative energy and there should have been. we could have done it, we haven't done it, we have to do it. global warming is happening. climate change is here. person want to be the that doesn't talk about it. i don't want to be the person that denies it. there's too much science. there was a moment in the early 90's and that was when i had my first kid. i mean, this is really selfish, you know. i had my first kid and i thought, oh, my gosh. i started learning about what was really going on. they talked about greenhouse. remember, the "time magazine" said, "what is the greenhouse effect?" there was a moment where we were all really moti
tavis: how did you come to be so passionate about the environment specifically? >> because i have children, because the knowledge that we are devastating our national resources and that we continue to be addicted to the very thing that is killing us, fossil fuel, chemicals, power plants that are spewing fossil fuel, that we are addicted to them. they're killing us and we are not involved enough and there's not enough money behind alternative energy and there should have been. we could...
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but to stand by and do nothing to minimize risk to public health and the environment from fossil fuel production is unacceptable to me. >> reporter: mark brownstein says that if the evidence shows that oil and gas companies in the coalition aren't serious about improving the environmental standards for fracking, the edf will walk away and make sure everyone knows why. for now he's borrowing a phrase ronald reagan used when he sat down to negotiate with the soviets. trust but verify. ♪ >>> questions about fracking? review our fracking primer at newshour .pbs.organize. >>> the push to get the u.s. to ratify a treaty that would establish the rights of disabled around the world. >>> thanks for watching. ♪ >>> pbs news hour is made possible by joyce b. hale, the cheryl and phillip millstein family. rosalyn p. walter. additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [kip thorne] he is one of those very few people, who can see far beyond the borders of current knowledge, and see how
but to stand by and do nothing to minimize risk to public health and the environment from fossil fuel production is unacceptable to me. >> reporter: mark brownstein says that if the evidence shows that oil and gas companies in the coalition aren't serious about improving the environmental standards for fracking, the edf will walk away and make sure everyone knows why. for now he's borrowing a phrase ronald reagan used when he sat down to negotiate with the soviets. trust but verify. ♪...
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we see philippines and vietnam boosted by this environment. >> some people say watch out. russia heavily impacted by the fallen energy prices the sanctions. brazil the bricks. you got brazil, india, china, and russia. three of those bricks china, russia, and brazil, seem to be struggling. >> in reference to russia and brazil we see, broadly speaking that where financial markets don't trust the government to be doing the business-friendly thing, they see further depreciations against the dollar than other places where the government is more stable. china's slowdown is a structured slowdown which we still see as being in pace for now, but certainly, where we see governmental or political issues russia and brazil as you mentioned. some of the other markets that our clients tend to watch like nigeria, for example, we do see struggling. >> we mentioned about u.s. companies being impacted by the u.s. dollar. but what about companies that have a lot of exposure to some of those emerging markets? >> sure. the, when it comes to u.s. companies exposure companies that are exporting t
we see philippines and vietnam boosted by this environment. >> some people say watch out. russia heavily impacted by the fallen energy prices the sanctions. brazil the bricks. you got brazil, india, china, and russia. three of those bricks china, russia, and brazil, seem to be struggling. >> in reference to russia and brazil we see, broadly speaking that where financial markets don't trust the government to be doing the business-friendly thing, they see further depreciations against...
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we're almost treated as students our entire career, south not an environment that really nurtures that type of -- >> rose: it's not a normal existence. >> no. >> rose: and you have to make sure that that aspect of your own humanity has a chance to grow. >> right. it just doesn't happen for a lot of people, and i felt, if i was going to succeed in the ballet world and in american ballet theater, i had to make a lot of these things happen for me. >> rose: you're now the principal dancer at the american ballet theater, as good as it gets, i mean, i assume. have you just begun to develop all that you can be as a dancer? >> absolutely. i think maybe it was last season that i really started to feel like i had a hold on what it was i was really doing. again, so much came really naturally for me, but there are no short cuts in ballet. so as much as everything was sort of easy for me to do in terms of movement, there are a lot of holes, i think, in my training and in my understanding of what it was to really be a ballerina, and i feel like i'm just now kind of honing that, and it's exciting i h
we're almost treated as students our entire career, south not an environment that really nurtures that type of -- >> rose: it's not a normal existence. >> no. >> rose: and you have to make sure that that aspect of your own humanity has a chance to grow. >> right. it just doesn't happen for a lot of people, and i felt, if i was going to succeed in the ballet world and in american ballet theater, i had to make a lot of these things happen for me. >> rose: you're now...
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i think today you see so many different kinds of work environments that the mold that created the skyscraper primarily for finance won't fit the bill anymore and you need many different kinds of spaces both inside and outside the building for a creative work environment. >> rose: you replaced and/or succeeded sir norman foster. what happened? >> i think it is very much you can say norman foster designed his tower a decade ago back when they were financial institutions so it was tailored to become a financial headquarter. in the last decade the character of the neighborhood has changed. the kind of tenants who are looking to go there have radically different needs and it simply didn't fit the new type of tenant. i think you can see it really as a sign of the changing character of downtown manhattan. >> rose: news corp, 20t 20th century fox of murdoch companies are the basically tenant. >> news corp occupies the bottom half. the top will be leased out. we have the hopes that on the very top floor there can be a screening room. so you can imagine once you've seen the premiere of the film, when
i think today you see so many different kinds of work environments that the mold that created the skyscraper primarily for finance won't fit the bill anymore and you need many different kinds of spaces both inside and outside the building for a creative work environment. >> rose: you replaced and/or succeeded sir norman foster. what happened? >> i think it is very much you can say norman foster designed his tower a decade ago back when they were financial institutions so it was...
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we would be better to compete in a global environment. here we've got a generation with more global confidence with any generation over ever. the largest somali population is in minneapolis. when africa becomes the next india and china, we have kids making multiple languages. so these businesses become to say i get it, they'll hire a few for the summer and help them get through college. i think we've got to talk about an asset-based way of having a diverse community. >> charlie: go ahead. >> i think that's what we're all looking at probably from our own perspectives, the assets each of our regions have. we're on the mexican border, we have the concept where we include mexico and california, southern california, the knowledge skulls from the san diego area. the work force comes from our imperial valley and the manufacturing capacity happens in mexico with the plants. we're looking globally and people are starting to invest globally in that region because of those three assets. i think each of us look at our cities and think what with we do
we would be better to compete in a global environment. here we've got a generation with more global confidence with any generation over ever. the largest somali population is in minneapolis. when africa becomes the next india and china, we have kids making multiple languages. so these businesses become to say i get it, they'll hire a few for the summer and help them get through college. i think we've got to talk about an asset-based way of having a diverse community. >> charlie: go ahead....
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. >> the earning power of this company should be in the $1.50, and if the maco environment, interest rates, loan growth, the if those speed up, there could be up side to the $1.50. for shareholders the relief won't come overnight, this hearing will take two weeks at least. a ruling several months. "nightly business report" new york. >> another bank in trobl, hsbc, new york's attorney general is suing the giant british bank saying it ignored a state law designed to keep struggling home owners from falling into foreclosure. >> meantime, there was good news about home prices in april. more of it. core logic reports that prices of homes sold that month rose more than 12% from the same month in 2012. the largest one month increase in prices since the go-go real estate days of 2006. >> many american seniors have relied on their homes and reverse mortgages to finance their retirement, but now though loans are under criticism. despite a steady extreme stream -- stead stream of commercials speaking for them. >> it used to be that a home was like a savings account, gaining value as you slowly
. >> the earning power of this company should be in the $1.50, and if the maco environment, interest rates, loan growth, the if those speed up, there could be up side to the $1.50. for shareholders the relief won't come overnight, this hearing will take two weeks at least. a ruling several months. "nightly business report" new york. >> another bank in trobl, hsbc, new york's attorney general is suing the giant british bank saying it ignored a state law designed to keep...
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how china deals with all these issues-- from food shortages to the environment-- will have a global impact. the smithfield purchase included hog farms in poland, mexico and the united states. >> over the long term, more hogs will be produced in america, but that would be more hogs produced in order to ship pork to china. >> reporter: patrick woodall is the research director at food and water watch, an environmental advocacy group. >> they get the meat; we get the manure. we export the best part of what rural america has to offer, and we keep the waste. >> reporter: protecting the environment is one of the challenges facing the u.s. as it supplies food to china. >> no other country has ever had a billion people moving up the food chain consuming more livestock products, grain- intensive livestock products. >> reporter: in addition to shipping more meat to china, american farmers are sending it more livestock feed than ever. two years ago, china became the largest importer of u.s. farm products. >> when you're driving through the country right now and you see these big fields out there, one
how china deals with all these issues-- from food shortages to the environment-- will have a global impact. the smithfield purchase included hog farms in poland, mexico and the united states. >> over the long term, more hogs will be produced in america, but that would be more hogs produced in order to ship pork to china. >> reporter: patrick woodall is the research director at food and water watch, an environmental advocacy group. >> they get the meat; we get the manure. we...
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but we're coming from very low price environment, if you look through history. in terms of disstill ats, the heating oil, we have very low inventories, and in part it's because a lot of disstill at are being exported from the united states to latin america where demand is growing far faster than that region can define heating oil. and as a consequence, inventories in the united states are low for this time of year. if we have a colder be normal winter, one should expect prices to rise. however i believe that the projections for weather for the united states this winter are around normal. but clearly an unexpected cold spell could lead to a price spike. >> susie: all right. we'll have to leave it there. thanks for coming on our prom. gareth lewis-davies. >> susie: the f.b.i. today arrested a suspect for allegedly attempting to blow up the federal reserve bank in lower manhattan, just blocks away from the new york stock exchange. no one was hurt. undercover agents were monitoring the man's actions and say quazi nafis tried to set off what he thought was a 1,000 po
but we're coming from very low price environment, if you look through history. in terms of disstill ats, the heating oil, we have very low inventories, and in part it's because a lot of disstill at are being exported from the united states to latin america where demand is growing far faster than that region can define heating oil. and as a consequence, inventories in the united states are low for this time of year. if we have a colder be normal winter, one should expect prices to rise. however...
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he says encouraging electric car sales not only helps the environment, it also creates jobs. >> we are creating a whole new industry. detroit is revving up for electric vehicle productions. all the vendors for the major automobile companies are gearing up. the battery manufacturers are gearing up. so there will be some substantial job creation due to this. >> reporter: the chargers are part of the chargepoint america program, funded by the federal government. in addition to new york, eight other regions are also participating: los angeles, sacramento, california's bay area, austin, washington d.c., detroit, orlando and redmond, washington. they will be getting a combined 4,600 chargers in the next year and a half. >> right now, there's not much demand for electric car chargers, because there are not very many electric cars on the road. but that could change as car makers start selling mass-market electric cars later this year. 10 auto makers are planing to roll out plug-in cars, including g.m., ford and nissan. the only pure electric car available now is the tesla roadster, priced at o
he says encouraging electric car sales not only helps the environment, it also creates jobs. >> we are creating a whole new industry. detroit is revving up for electric vehicle productions. all the vendors for the major automobile companies are gearing up. the battery manufacturers are gearing up. so there will be some substantial job creation due to this. >> reporter: the chargers are part of the chargepoint america program, funded by the federal government. in addition to new...
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>> linking economics and environment. climate change and mitigating its impact is the most impressive, important economic opportunity of our time, perhaps of humanity. i believe we're leaving behind 200 years of industrial revolution. the steam out of that engine is out. we didn't leave the stone age because we ran out of stones, but because we went on to something better, and the low-carben economy is something much better. so linking the economy and the environment is the key. (applause) >> charlie: will you add to that? >> well, what i would say is it's time for people to actually develop the strategies for moving forward. we've talked a lot about goals that need to happen. the actions are in front of us. that's why president obama put out a climate action plan, not a gold plan. we have goals and we want to be aggressive but we want to get there as well. >> charlie: where is the resistance? >> the resistance for years has been that we have been projecting the climate will be a problem in the future and we have been try
>> linking economics and environment. climate change and mitigating its impact is the most impressive, important economic opportunity of our time, perhaps of humanity. i believe we're leaving behind 200 years of industrial revolution. the steam out of that engine is out. we didn't leave the stone age because we ran out of stones, but because we went on to something better, and the low-carben economy is something much better. so linking the economy and the environment is the key....
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has the best environment for investors. a legal system is more depending than in any other parts of the world. the ceo of national vitamin corporation in new jersey, a firm he and several other investors bought in 2010. they poured hundreds of millions of dollars into ivt and nearly doubling the number of employees all from the u.s. . >>> corruption is nearly nonexistent in the u.s. and he's never been asked for a bribe. >> you're well rewarded. you don't have to deal with many other things like connections or relationships. it's a purely business relationship. >> reporter: nearly every chinese executive told us the same thing. building roads in new york state and schools in south carolina. >> investment, environment is very good here. >> reporter: it's one of the key reasons why chinese investment in the u.s. is expected to hit another record level this year. for "nightly business report," i'm michelle caruso cabrera. if so, it would become the largest chinese acquisition in the u.s. >> hurricane season starts june 1st. an
has the best environment for investors. a legal system is more depending than in any other parts of the world. the ceo of national vitamin corporation in new jersey, a firm he and several other investors bought in 2010. they poured hundreds of millions of dollars into ivt and nearly doubling the number of employees all from the u.s. . >>> corruption is nearly nonexistent in the u.s. and he's never been asked for a bribe. >> you're well rewarded. you don't have to deal with many...
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you've got a sense of the environment. it's taking in what's happening in the environment. interacting different components within that cell. and it's like a gigantic information management machine. understand that, and we'll get a sense of what life is. and i don't say that's the most difficult problem to study but i do think it's a problem that you could study. >> rose: does this have anything to do with something called the unity of biology? >> sometimes people talk about that, the unity of biology. the unity of physics is where it normally comes from. the unity of biology is trying to find an explanation that would make sense of biology. >> rose: everything, a theory of everything, kind of. >> i would go for management of information, how you manage information. >> rose: it would be the theor of everything in biology. >> correct. that's where i would go. >> rose: where are we at that? >> we are-- molecular biology, for example, has been around 50 years. the-- i always emphasize that those who invented-- watson, brenner, all these great characters-- they focused on how i
you've got a sense of the environment. it's taking in what's happening in the environment. interacting different components within that cell. and it's like a gigantic information management machine. understand that, and we'll get a sense of what life is. and i don't say that's the most difficult problem to study but i do think it's a problem that you could study. >> rose: does this have anything to do with something called the unity of biology? >> sometimes people talk about that,...
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but if i get myself out of this environment, i will be surrounded by other influences. and they, even at 14, one of the kids left one city where his mom was and went to another city, at age 14. because he had the instinctive and correct attitude that got to surround my self-with different influences that is the power of institutions, to permeate who we where and change the way we think. and then the final think i'd mention is that we have a sense that passion is stupid and reason is smart. and that when we do-- act correctly, our reason is overwhelming our passion. and when we are stupid we are listening to our owe mention-- emotions, that is false too. sometimes emotions are just phenomenalically intelligent. one of the most cognitively difficult thing to do is buying furniture. i go into the store and i can't figure out what size it is in the room compared to my room back home. and so a scientist in holland figured out what is the best way to buy furniture. and the best thing you should do is take a look at the furniture. then distract yourself with something else. an
but if i get myself out of this environment, i will be surrounded by other influences. and they, even at 14, one of the kids left one city where his mom was and went to another city, at age 14. because he had the instinctive and correct attitude that got to surround my self-with different influences that is the power of institutions, to permeate who we where and change the way we think. and then the final think i'd mention is that we have a sense that passion is stupid and reason is smart. and...
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but i just say leasele creates an environment of pursuing your best at all times. the bar is high, and so you have to show up-- you show up in the rehearsal, and because the bar is so high, you are challenged to meet that bar. >> rose: here is a look at the week ahead. sunday is the day of the chinese grand prix in shanghai. monday is the running of the boston marathon. tuesday is the day the new york presidential primaries are held. ed with is the 82nd annual drama league awards presentation. thursday is the day the olympic flame for the 2016 games will be lit in olympia, greece. friday is earth day and the day of u.n. treato climate change will be signed in new york. saturday is the 400th anniversary of william shakespeare's death. and here is what's new for your weekend: kevin costner, and tommy lee jones are in theaters with a skiify thriller "criminal." the 2016 n.b.a. play-offs begin on saturday. >> i know what it takes to be the best player in the league. >> i feel confident because i'm the best player in the world. >> rose: the magnetic zeros are playing su
but i just say leasele creates an environment of pursuing your best at all times. the bar is high, and so you have to show up-- you show up in the rehearsal, and because the bar is so high, you are challenged to meet that bar. >> rose: here is a look at the week ahead. sunday is the day of the chinese grand prix in shanghai. monday is the running of the boston marathon. tuesday is the day the new york presidential primaries are held. ed with is the 82nd annual drama league awards...
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how does it feel when you step back into those environs? >> if feels great. one of the first emotions that i have driving up to the stadium is, it doesn't matter how i feel physically. i used to pull up to the stadium if i was a little bit tired or sore or cranky, and it was going to impact my day. now i go there, i am still enjoying myself. i am still in gauging the people, still enjoying watching tennis more now than ever. it is a place where i think i had my most powerful moments in the sport, which was me saying goodbye. tavis: you opened the book at your last u.s. open appearance. >> the book starts at the end. tavis: nicely put. speaking of new york, i have been following this. i just read the other day a story about yvonne lendl. i discovered that he is going to , and lo and behold in the article, agassi is going to pled sampras? is that true? >> it is true. i guess i have not had enough of him in my career. usually when we are playing it is sunday and there is a blimp in the sky. tavis: have you played other tournament? >> i have, for charity, some ex
how does it feel when you step back into those environs? >> if feels great. one of the first emotions that i have driving up to the stadium is, it doesn't matter how i feel physically. i used to pull up to the stadium if i was a little bit tired or sore or cranky, and it was going to impact my day. now i go there, i am still enjoying myself. i am still in gauging the people, still enjoying watching tennis more now than ever. it is a place where i think i had my most powerful moments in...
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is another thing we're worried about-- longer term makes some sense. >> tom: so rising interest rate environment, possibly higher inflation, higher taxes. not exactly the most shiny of forecasts for investors. >> well, there is something you can do about it. you can avoid that tax drag by maximizing your investments in qualified plans. you can keep up with modest inflation by making sure you have your asset allocation mix right. inflation really picks the pocket of the bond investor, but dividend paying stocks and dividends of the markets can keep up with a modestly rising inflation environment. we have seen dividend increases some in the s & p this year and we have seen it as sigh sign of confidence in the management and we think they will put the cash to work once the uncertainty of the election is out. >> energy is one of the stowks like, traditionally a dividend area. but the price of energy stocks has gotten hit lately. >> it has. sectors underperformed but the balance sheets are in very good shape. we think the supply-demand dynamics there are quite good, and that cash flow again can be a
is another thing we're worried about-- longer term makes some sense. >> tom: so rising interest rate environment, possibly higher inflation, higher taxes. not exactly the most shiny of forecasts for investors. >> well, there is something you can do about it. you can avoid that tax drag by maximizing your investments in qualified plans. you can keep up with modest inflation by making sure you have your asset allocation mix right. inflation really picks the pocket of the bond...
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what you have to do is get yourself into a different environment and let that environment's cues change you. >> rose: in this case it's school. >> right. she know there is's a school in her neighborhood which i call the academy which is based on a few academies and she demands to get into that school. and through the structure of that school the discipline, the organization, she goes from a situation which is chaotic and undermining her to a situation where she has the potential for the future. >> rose: and she is of asian and hispanic heritage? >> right. and that was so i could get into the cultural things. there are many rivers into the mind, the unconscious. many tributaries into the unconscious river and some are genetic from centuries ago. so famous one is that men tend to prefer women who have a 0.7 waist-hip ratio. that's a famous one. >> rose: (laughs) yes. >> but some are social norms and some are culture. we're formed by our cultures in ways we're not vaguely aware of. so one of the experiments is a guy... if you bump into a northern man on the street in a way that seems vague
what you have to do is get yourself into a different environment and let that environment's cues change you. >> rose: in this case it's school. >> right. she know there is's a school in her neighborhood which i call the academy which is based on a few academies and she demands to get into that school. and through the structure of that school the discipline, the organization, she goes from a situation which is chaotic and undermining her to a situation where she has the potential for...
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. >> it's the kind of environment that there's really an atmosphere, in fact, a legal atmosphere, we don't really want that many guns around. >> john, we know the mayor of new york doesn't want any guns. >> this is terrorism. >> hunters, perhaps. >> this is terrorism of its own particular sort. if parents are afraid to send their children to school, you're afraid to go to a shopping mall, and every man you see in a ski cap is a danger -- snow a distinguished black journalist in washington, a columnist who heard a fracas outside his front door, thought to have guns in their home. john, half the men in america, half the in two. when in doubt, punt. >> the u.s. chamber of commerce represents the interests of more than 3 million businesses. small shops to large corporations. the 100-year-old chamber has offices and staff in every major city girdling the globe. now, regarding the fiscal cliff gridlock, what is the judgment of the chamber? answer. don't do anything now. punt. instead of lawmakers racing in the 14 days left of their lame duck session with christmas day in the middle of it,
. >> it's the kind of environment that there's really an atmosphere, in fact, a legal atmosphere, we don't really want that many guns around. >> john, we know the mayor of new york doesn't want any guns. >> this is terrorism. >> hunters, perhaps. >> this is terrorism of its own particular sort. if parents are afraid to send their children to school, you're afraid to go to a shopping mall, and every man you see in a ski cap is a danger -- snow a distinguished black...
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so how much of this is the environment, the consumer that p&g is trying to grab and how much is procter & gamble itself? >> well, to be fair, the number you quote includes the effective currency which of course they can't control and of course all their competitors face as well, including the effective currency. they were up in four out of five categories. and that still is not enough. i think to reward shareholders they need to invest in a way that they can get all five businesses growing, and accelerate that organic growth rate to mid single digits. >> tom: talk about that investment. because p&g is known for big spending on marketing, advertising, research and development. so is it forsaking kind of these future investments in order to show better earnings now? >> so it's along the lines of those investments they've always made an ample quantities. and you know, additionally this is a portfolio that was sort of built for a bygone consumer era where consumers had a lot of exses money to trade up to the next best tube of toothpaste or next best diaper. and the more effective laundry de
so how much of this is the environment, the consumer that p&g is trying to grab and how much is procter & gamble itself? >> well, to be fair, the number you quote includes the effective currency which of course they can't control and of course all their competitors face as well, including the effective currency. they were up in four out of five categories. and that still is not enough. i think to reward shareholders they need to invest in a way that they can get all five...
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been institutional investors and hedge funds-- searching for ways to make money in a low interest rate environment. many international investors also bought us stocks-- seeing them as more attractive alternatives to investments in emerging markets and europe. >> stocks won by default. it was the last remaining standing asset where you could get some dividend yield. where you could get a little bit of earnings growth. and where quality companies could deliver you a higher return than just putting your money in cash or bonds. >> reporter: some of the credit for the rally also goes to u.s. corporations. they bought back nearly $400 billion worth of their own shares this year. that's less than last year's total, but higher than the previous two years. record dividend payouts have also helped stocks, because many investors reinvest their dividends. s&p 500 firms paid out cash dividends of $281 billion this year, 17% higher than last year. but most experts don't think retail investors will have an appetite for stocks until the situation on main street more resembles wall street: >> they look around and
been institutional investors and hedge funds-- searching for ways to make money in a low interest rate environment. many international investors also bought us stocks-- seeing them as more attractive alternatives to investments in emerging markets and europe. >> stocks won by default. it was the last remaining standing asset where you could get some dividend yield. where you could get a little bit of earnings growth. and where quality companies could deliver you a higher return than just...
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d rchr horton was downgraded at the analyst cites the macro housing environment for the year. the firm also noted the stock's valuation. the shares fell 1% to $39.80. >>> dunkin brands was downgraded from hold to buy at argus. the firm also notes management's plan to add fewer stores. shares rose about 1% to ti$69.8. >>> ahead, why trade talks with china are entering a >>> in washington, the senate p todased legislation that would avert another partial government shutdown. the house is expected to vote on that bill tonight, then it goes nt >> i've just had an opportunity to spe with president trump, and he -- i would say to all my colleagues, has indicated he's prepared to sign the bill. bhe will also issuing a national emergency declaration at the same time. i've indicated to h that i going to prepare -- i'm going to support the national emergency declaration. >> house speakerelosi said that she may mount a legal challenge if a national emergency is in fact declared. senate minority leader chuck humer called such a move a lawless act. >>> and when it comes to trade, the focus
d rchr horton was downgraded at the analyst cites the macro housing environment for the year. the firm also noted the stock's valuation. the shares fell 1% to $39.80. >>> dunkin brands was downgraded from hold to buy at argus. the firm also notes management's plan to add fewer stores. shares rose about 1% to ti$69.8. >>> ahead, why trade talks with china are entering a >>> in washington, the senate p todased legislation that would avert another partial government...
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and it was like a rebirth for me to be just in that environment so solid like that for three months. after having been on television for eight years, and in a broadway show and having that kind of experience. it's very interesting, you're seen in people's homes all over the world, but you don't see people. tavis: yeah. >> you're isolated in the studio, and then you go home to your family and fried chicken and clean the chicken and go to bed. [laughter] tavis: but you don't see people. >> but you don't really see people. people think you're seeing peopling but you're not really seeing people. tavis: in that first year post-cosby, when the phone didn't ring, after all the success and all the money you made. in the first year, did you think it was over? >> oh, no. no. it was a period of reciprocity. my mother says there must be reciprocity in all things. tavis: even when you succeed. >> and what does that mean really? when have you really succeeded? i'm still working on that. tavis: phylicia rashad is starring in the new film for "for colored girls." thank you for coming on the show. >>
and it was like a rebirth for me to be just in that environment so solid like that for three months. after having been on television for eight years, and in a broadway show and having that kind of experience. it's very interesting, you're seen in people's homes all over the world, but you don't see people. tavis: yeah. >> you're isolated in the studio, and then you go home to your family and fried chicken and clean the chicken and go to bed. [laughter] tavis: but you don't see people....
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the question is in an environment in custom the u.s. economy is doing okay, the labor market is doing well, is the right policy rate zero? i would say probably not and i think that's why they missed an opportunity. >> russ, thank you for your perspective. we appreciate it. russ with block rock. ty. >>> sue one part of the economy sensitive to interest rate moves is housing. how much would a rate hike have mattered to the housing market today. rates cut into afford lt, surprisingly buyers are less worried about that than other roadblocks to buying a home. >> reporter: even before today's fed decision consumers were not as worried about rising mortgage rates as you might think. >> 85% said they would carry on with their home purchase plans even if rates topped 5%. that's significant: it tells you the state of their minds is. >> reporter: in fact, home buyers are more concerned about qualifying for a mortgage and finding about the right home than they are about rising rates according to a survey by trulyia. it's important to remember that
the question is in an environment in custom the u.s. economy is doing okay, the labor market is doing well, is the right policy rate zero? i would say probably not and i think that's why they missed an opportunity. >> russ, thank you for your perspective. we appreciate it. russ with block rock. ty. >>> sue one part of the economy sensitive to interest rate moves is housing. how much would a rate hike have mattered to the housing market today. rates cut into afford lt,...
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with that in mind, that investment environment, seals to be challenging doesn't it? >> yes, "hope" is a big word here. hopeful is the way to go, and i think the kind of stocks i've been using the last year or so are dividend ariftcrats, company with powerhouse balance sheets, a steady stream of earnings because of the business they're in or the way they run their business, and the ability and the inclination to raise dividends regularly. >> tom: let's get to some new ideas here that you still like the stock prices of. b.c.e., the old bell canada. how long should investors wait? >> well, i think b.c.d. is going to raise the dividend regularly. that's been their past performance, anyway. and the return is over 5%. i think the longest they pay an increasing dividend stream, the more attraction the stock will have. and in the meantime, it reduces your cost price by the amount of the dividends, if you want to look at it that way. i'd stay with that one. >> tom: you're not afraid of curls looking at ardent restaurants, known as olive garden and red lobster brand. the stock
with that in mind, that investment environment, seals to be challenging doesn't it? >> yes, "hope" is a big word here. hopeful is the way to go, and i think the kind of stocks i've been using the last year or so are dividend ariftcrats, company with powerhouse balance sheets, a steady stream of earnings because of the business they're in or the way they run their business, and the ability and the inclination to raise dividends regularly. >> tom: let's get to some new ideas...
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after all if the economy and business environment gets better you'd expect to see more goods being shipped to satisfy growing demand. the problem is that's not happening this time around. even though the dow industrials remain a few percentage points away from record highs the transportation avera has been on a steady decline since last november losing around 10% of its value in that span. so what you got is a stock market rally that's not being confirmed by a rally in transportation stocks. that's what had some traders worried and thinking we may be due for a broader market loss ahead. >> of course that's one take. some maintain the lagging performance of transport stock is a temporary issue and things get back on track in the coming months. still others say they're not as important of an indicator today as in the past because we're less of a manufacturing economy and don't need to ship things everywhere. regardless the diversions is raising a caution flag for many in the market. for nightly business report i'm dominic. he joins us now to talk more about the dow transportation average and
after all if the economy and business environment gets better you'd expect to see more goods being shipped to satisfy growing demand. the problem is that's not happening this time around. even though the dow industrials remain a few percentage points away from record highs the transportation avera has been on a steady decline since last november losing around 10% of its value in that span. so what you got is a stock market rally that's not being confirmed by a rally in transportation stocks....
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when i was in business in the 70's, there was a little environment in terms of how we inract with the federal government. that environment has changed where you're guilty until you have to end the money to peru yourself innocent. any number of agencies in a common small business in less than $25 million. what we have to do is give those that have the capital the ability to say i see with certainty that it's now worth me taking a risk to put this money at risk because i think the return on it and the tax rate on it is going to be worth me investing it. right now what's happening, they're not getting great return on their money but it's safe. so what we have isll this money and i'd much rather see private capital do these things than us. first of all because we don't have the money to borrow more. that does not mean i don't think there's a legitimate role for us to play in incentivizing -- the struure was 1 -- >> crlie: what do you get for that. >> you should get 1.8 to $2. if you had done it in true infrastructure and if you had done it in -- we're going to reset the military, we have
when i was in business in the 70's, there was a little environment in terms of how we inract with the federal government. that environment has changed where you're guilty until you have to end the money to peru yourself innocent. any number of agencies in a common small business in less than $25 million. what we have to do is give those that have the capital the ability to say i see with certainty that it's now worth me taking a risk to put this money at risk because i think the return on it...
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certainly are based on an unsustainable environment, an environment of continuous low-interest rates. but the gains are real though, aren't they? >> the gains are real. and i think at the end of the day it's important that investors take a step back and realize what it is that they are buying when they are buying into the equity markets. you're buying a future share, your stream of easternings. when you take a look at profitability in the u.s., companies look very good. they prove to be very resilient and in the second quarter the s&p 500 posted an all-time record high in corporate profitability so net-net i do think there are some opportunities and there are clearly some reasons to be anxious and nervous this is why we continue to stress to our investors you need to have a balanced approach. >> joe tanious with us balancing the global risk and rewards with jpmorgan fund. >> tom: school is out for 350,000 chicago school kids. the city's public school teachers walked off their jobs today in the city's first strike in a quarter of a century. as diane eastabrook reports the strike is tes
certainly are based on an unsustainable environment, an environment of continuous low-interest rates. but the gains are real though, aren't they? >> the gains are real. and i think at the end of the day it's important that investors take a step back and realize what it is that they are buying when they are buying into the equity markets. you're buying a future share, your stream of easternings. when you take a look at profitability in the u.s., companies look very good. they prove to be...
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our kids are experts at sensing their environment. it's actually part of how they've learned to survive. how we've all survived. kids have to notice what's different, what's the scene, what might be a threat. our young are helpless and are dependent on us for survival for much longer than other animals. and so they really have to notice changes. we can do so much to help kids feel in control-- not by changing their life back to however, it was pre-covid-- by explaining all of the changes. so often, people say, "but my kid's so young, will they understand that?" 100%, no matter how old the kid is, i'll tell the parent, yes, they will. they'll alsonderstand that you're trying to explain something. they have to know, why are they not seeing grandma? why are they wearing masks? why is daddy working from home? why is mommy more upset? why are mommy and daddy arguing more? the more we actually talk to our kids about these things, then, in their environment, our kids can start to feel safe again. >> sreenivasan: how do you think the pandemic
our kids are experts at sensing their environment. it's actually part of how they've learned to survive. how we've all survived. kids have to notice what's different, what's the scene, what might be a threat. our young are helpless and are dependent on us for survival for much longer than other animals. and so they really have to notice changes. we can do so much to help kids feel in control-- not by changing their life back to however, it was pre-covid-- by explaining all of the changes. so...